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Paul Walker crash: Porsche going more than 100 mph

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A memorial at the site in Santa Clarita, Calif. where 'Fast & Furious' star Paul Walker died in a car crash. The Porsche in which the actor was riding was going more than 100 mph when it crashed, according to the coroner's report.
(Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

"Fast & Furious" star Paul Walker was traveling at more than 100 miles per hour when his friend and business partner Roger Rodas lost control of his car and crashed, killing both, according to the coroner's report released today. Investigators initially estimated Rodas had been going at least 90 mph.

Rodas had no alcohol or drugs in his system when he crashed (neither did Walker, for that matter), and the crash is being chalked up to "unsafe speed." The road, in an industrial section of Los Angeles where Rodas' high performance auto shop was located, was marked for 45 mph. Despite the many theories that circulated following the Nov. 30 crash, Rodas, a former race car driver, lost control "for unknown reasons," according to the report.

The Porsche Carrera GT — which was built without the stability management system that most Porsche models are equipped with, according to the Los Angeles Times —
was "almost split in half" after smashing into a light pole and some trees. It then burst into flames. Walker's body was found "charred and in a pugilistic stance" in the car, with none of his organs suitable for transplant. The medical examiner had already determined that Walker died from "traumatic and thermal injuries" while Rodas died on impact.

The seventh "Fast & Furious" movie, which was in production when Walker died, will be released in April 2015, with filmmakers working on a way to gracefully retire Walker's character using the footage already shot.